What Do You Do About Pestering Men?

Filed in archive Latin Issues on July 22, 2008

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I hate passing by a group of men and getting harassed. A girlfriend and I have have been talking about it online lately, mostly because of all the headlines of protesters in Cairo demanding men on the street stop this bad behavior.

Unfortunately this sort of thing goes on everywhere. Dealing with it within institutions isn't easy, but at least it usually comes with guidelines.

What do you do when the blatant harassment is out in the street?

Sure, if you have a black belt or happen to be a Charmed one, you can just kick their butt and stuff them in a barrel without breaking a nail. But what if you're not?

Is there another option besides completely ignoring them and pretending you don't realize the person they're targeting is you?